The weekly pregnancy calendar is an effective way of keeping
pace with your pregnancy. You can use the week due date pregnancy calendar
to keep track of your baby’s development on a weekly basis.

It is a great way of discovering how your baby is doing week after week.
You would also benefit from the weekly gems of advice specially provided
for would-be mothers. In short, the pregnancy calendar is your friend,
philosopher and guide during your nine-month golden period.

What to Expect from the Weekly Pregnancy Calendar

The week-by-week pregnancy calendar provides you with every little detail
about your growth and that of your baby. You would learn what changes
are occurring inside you --- how your baby is growing inside the uterus.

It contains all the information you need on symptoms that may affect you
during all stages of your pregnancy. Diet plays a crucial role in pregnancy.
You can have all the nutritional information including what foods to eat
and what all to avoid during pregnancy. You will also be warned of the
possible complications that you and your baby can face.

More Information on Pregnancy

The period of pregnancy is typically 280 days, calculated from
the day after the first day of your menstrual period. The first day of
your last menstrual period signals the beginning of the first lunar month
and the start of the 40-week pregnancy.

Health care providers typically refer to pregnancy in terms of a 40-week
duration consisting of 280 days or 10 lunar months. You, like most other
women, may have heard pregnancy being referred to in terms of a 9-month
period consisting of three trimesters. The nine-month period is based on
the calendar month, while the health care providers base their information
on lunar months.

Calculating the Due Date

Typically, the due date is calculated by adding nine months and seven
days to the first day of the last normal menstrual period (LNMP). If,
for example, your LNMP was January 22, adding nine months and seven days
will determine your due date as October 29.

The due date is not the precise date to expect your baby’s arrival.
All calendar months do not have the same number of days, and all women
do not have a 28-day cycle. For this reason, the due date is normally
referred to as Estimated Due Date (EDD).

If you are planning your baby, note your LNMP. Most women do not remember
their LNMP as they may have infrequent cycles. If you do not remember
yours, give an estimated LNMP date. The closer you are to the LNMP date,
the better it is, because it will save you of the unnecessary worry if
the baby does arrive by the EDD. However, 95% of the babies do not adhere
to their EDDs.

Choose whatever way (lunar month or calendar month) to calculate the
EDD; the baby will arrive when she is ready. The weekly pregnancy calendar
is to help you understand your pregnancy better, so that you are informed
about all the stages of your pregnancy, and take good care of yourself
and the baby.